HARKIN, TOM (a Senator from Iowa)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S504 [7FE], S522, S558 [8FE], S619, S629, S670, S671 [12FE], S748 [13FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3807, S3882 [2MY], S4558, S4573 [20MY], S4728 [22MY], S4765 [23MY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), S11216 [15NO]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5063, S5078 [5JN], S5177 [6JN]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6508 [9JY], S6578 [10JY], S6675, S6677 [11JY], S6687 [12JY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S835, S837, S838, S874, S875 [14FE], S1148 [26FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5782, S5785 [19JN], S5838, S5876 [20JN], S5926, S5964 [24JN], S6137 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7722, S7761 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1946 [14MR], S2008, S2015 [18MR], S2038 [19MR], S3015, S3032, S3082 [22AP], S3223, S3224 [23AP], S3289, S3321 [24AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8302 [5SE], S8781, S8847 [18SE], S8938, S8939, S8940 [19SE], S8983 [20SE], S9142 [24SE], S9913, S9914 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8145, S8222 [4SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6960 [17JY], S7284, S7316 [24JY]
Fish and fishing: prohibit offering for sale, selling, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce certain shark fins (H.R. 2673), S6708 [12JY]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5549 [13JN]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S130, S145 [25JA], S358 [5FE], S489 [7FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S835, S837, S838, S874, S875 [14FE], S1148 [26FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2646, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S976 [15FE]
———H.R. 4775, supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks, S5194 [6JN]
———H.R. 5010, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S7807 [1AU]
Congressional Hunger Fellows Program Board of Trustees, S7319 [24JY]
Articles and editorials
Alzheimer's Disease, Dennis C. Revell, Washington (DC) Times, S11309 [18NO]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (see S. 2943), S8673 [17SE]
Armed Forces: require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 41), S7033 [18JY]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see S. 2039), S2183 [20MR]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize (see S. 2117), S4146 [9MY]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see S. 1626), S3843 [2MY]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8092 [3SE]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 2924), S8506 [11SE]
Crime: prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see S. 2010), S1782 [12MR]
Cyprus: membership in European Union (see S. Con. Res. 122), S7903 [1AU]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S10223 [9OC]
Diseases: improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]
———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (see S. 2649), S6128 [26JN]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see S. 3054), S10360 [10OC]
———provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see S. 603), S5956 [24JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S3303 [24AP]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 33), S1421 [4MR]
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see S. 3058), S9983 [4OC]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see S. 1992), S1599 [6MR]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills (see S. 653), S1394 [1MR]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S10443 [15OC]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S5584 [14JN]
Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see S. 1152), S4623 [21MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see S. 2665), S5851 [20JN]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see S. 1839), S4493 [16MY]
Foreign aid: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of landmines, civil strife, and warfare (see S. 1777), S2326 [22MR]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 2790), S10443 [15OC]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Health: improve the provision of health care in all areas (see S. 2873), S8093 [3SE]
———permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any method of medical treatment such individual requests (see S. 2207), S2950 [18AP]
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (see S. 2674), S6948 [17JY]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see S. 2239), S4388 [15MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3561 [30AP]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S2951 [18AP]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S7227 [23JY]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see S. 2591), S5633 [17JN]
Medicaid: State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 776), S4199 [10MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5901 [21JN]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S9984 [4OC]
———establish a program for the competitive acquisition of items and services (see S. 3098), S10888 [13NO]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP]
———geographically adjust the amount of premiums based on the use of health care items and services in the State in which the beneficiary resides (see S. 2605), S5285 [10JN]
———improve Medicare Incentive Payment Program (see S. 2529), S4492 [16MY]
———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 2555), S8385 [9SE]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 2538), S4702 [22MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S2632 [12AP]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see S. 1867), S4493 [16MY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]
National School Lunch Act: increase number of children participating in summer food service programs (see S. 2660), S5851 [20JN]
Native American Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1854), S5697 [18JN]
Nuclear energy: improve security at U.S. nuclear facilities (see S. 1746), S9230 [25SE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
Power resources: provide regulatory oversight over energy and metals trading markets (see S. 2724), S6649 [11JY]
President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: oppose reductions in guaranteed Social Security benefits (see S. Res. 230), S2633 [12AP]
Russia: condition any bilateral trade agreements on the protection of religious freedoms and emigration, within the context of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment (see S. Res. 234), S2485 [10AP]
Saudi Arabia: urge end to financial assistance to suicide bombers and their families and support of terrorism in any way (see S. Res. 258), S6500 [9JY]
SBA: establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses (see S. 2483), S4064 [8MY]
———make nonprofit child care businesses eligible for certain loans (see S. 2891), S7900 [1AU]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans while preserving important areas of medical research that could provide treatments for diseases (see S. 2439), S3625 [1MY]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see S. 2240), S3303 [24AP]
———promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S11575 [19NO]
Small business: improve calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans (see S. 3172), S11214 [15NO]
———provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S7227 [23JY]
Stewart, Milton D.: tribute (see S. Res. 216), S1536 [5MR]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 2215), S6362 [8JY]
Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see S. 677), S6013 [25JN]
———modify credit for holders of qualified zone academy bonds (see S. 2882), S8093 [3SE]
———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 2678), S6013 [25JN]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such entities (see S. 2119), S9033 [23SE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S10572 [16OC]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dart, Justin W., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 310), S7430 [26JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see S. 2013), S1935 [14MR]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2766), S7164 [22JY]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see S. 3000), S9116 [24SE]
Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see S. 2195), S2950 [18AP]
———expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (see S. 3008), S9426 [26SE]
Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see S. 2803), S7430 [26JY]
Pensions: fully enforce guidance on single sum distributions from cash balance plans (see S. 2812), S7469 [29JY]
Power resources: encourage production of biobased energy products (see S. 1960), S897 [15FE]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans while protecting stem cell research (see S. 1893), S100 [24JA]
Taxation: prevent the continued use of renouncing U.S. citizenship as a device for avoiding U.S. taxes (see S. 2769), S7164 [22JY]
———treatment of amounts received from an employer as assistance towards the purchase of a principal residence (see S. 2881), S7900 [1AU]
Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 2512), S4330 [14MY]
Terrorism: liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims (see S. 2134), S2723 [16AP]
Veterans: computation of annuities of surviving spouses of uniformed services members who died entitled to retired or retainer pay but before the Survivor Benefit Plan existed or applied to the members (see S. 2632), S5696 [18JN]
———expand eligibility for membership in veterans organizations (see S. 2789), S7308 [24JY]
Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S3435 [25AP]
Cloture motions
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4953 [4JN], S5118 [6JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6001 [25JN], S6182 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2714 [16AP], S2890 [18AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8652 [17SE], S8889 [19SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8245 [5SE]
Comparisons
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), S3995 [8MY]
Letters
Dept. of Agriculture National Animal Disease Laboratory funding: Animal Agriculture Coalition, S5137 [6JN]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Craig Lang, Iowa Farm Bureau, S3929 [7MY]
———David J. Frederickson, National Farmers Union, S3911 [7MY]
———Ellen S. Levinson, Coalition for Food Aid, S3912 [7MY]
———Environmental and Energy Study Institute, S3913 [7MY]
———J. Read Smith, National Association of Conservation Districts, S3911 [7MY]
———Jerry Friedman, American Public Human Services Association, S3912 [7MY]
———Kenneth E. Auer, Farm Credit Council, S3912 [7MY]
———several agricultural associations, S3911 [7MY]
———several organizations, S3992 [8MY]
Federal Crop Insurance Program: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S8404 [10SE]
Loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses: Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (organization), S9428 [26SE]
———David Ward, American Council on Education, S9428 [26SE]
———Diane Shust and Randall Moody, National Education Association, S9428 [26SE]
———Rose Gonzalez, American Nurses Association, S9427 [26SE]
Reflections on life: Justin W. Dart, Jr., S5999 [25JN]
Research programs for Parkinson's disease: Maya Fielder, S4698 [22MY]
Use of child labor in harvesting of cocoa beans: Chocolate Manufacturers Association, S225 [29JA]
———Hans Rysgaard and David Zimmer, Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit, and Confectionery Industries of the European Union, S226 [29JA]
———Kouame Edouard, International Cocoa Organization, S226 [29JA]
———Robert A. Zehnder, European Cocoa Association, S226 [29JA]
Lists
Amendments to S. 1731, Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act, S473 [7FE]
Motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4766 [23MY]
Press releases
International Alliance Joins Forces To Address Child Labour Abuse in the West African Cocoa Sector: Several Cocoa and Chocolate Industry Organizations, S227 [29JA]
Iowa Farmers Union Reacts to the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002: Iowa Farmers Union, S3929 [7MY]
Iowa Soybean Association Applauds the Completion of the 2002 Farm Bill by U.S. Senate and House Conferees: Iowa Soybean Association, S3930 [7MY]
Remarks
Afghanistan: establish a pilot emergency relief program to provide live lambs, S625 [12FE]
Agriculture: application of means-testing of nonprofit organizations relative to conservation programs, S4019 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S849 [14FE]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3904, S3905, S3912, S3913, S3919, S3928, S3929, S3930, S3932, S3937 [7MY], S3983, S3991, S3992, S3993, S3994, S3995, S3998, S4004, S4011, S4012, S4019, S4020, S4021, S4022, S4023, S4046, S4048, S4049, S4050 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S115 [25JA], S402, S404, S407, S411, S413, S414, S417 [6FE], S443, S461, S464, S465, S466, S468 [7FE], S515, S522, S535 [8FE], S582 [11FE], S598, S619, S621, S625, S627, S628, S651, S652 [12FE], S677, S679, S681, S682, S683, S684, S696 [13FE]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), unanimous-consent agreement, S473 [7FE]
———disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers, S4004 [8MY]
———Farmland Protection Program funding, S684 [13FE]
———Livestock Assistance Program funding, S625 [12FE]
———modify authority of farm credit system institutions to participate with non-system lenders in certain multi-lender risk management transactions, S582 [11FE]
———price supports for nonfat dry milk, S849 [14FE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S535 [8FE], S8403 [10SE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2040), S3994 [8MY]
———recalculated loan rates for commodities, S3983 [8MY]
———reduce price supports and marketing loan rates and use savings to improve Food Stamp Program, S627, S628 [12FE]
———require labeling of country of origin on imported perishable agricultural commodities, S4021, S4023 [8MY]
———Tree Assistance Program funding, S4021 [8MY]
Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: timeliness of submission of managers' amendments, S681, S682, S683 [13FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4762, S4765 [23MY]
Animals: exclude birds and certain rats and mice from the definition of animals under the Animal Welfare Act, S628 [12FE]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5135, S5136, S5137, S5180 [6JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7268 [24JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10327 [10OC]
Bankruptcy: permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S468 [7FE]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6540 [10JY]
CCC: transfer of certain funding for conservation programs technical assistance, S4020 [8MY]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed, S684 [13FE], S4010, S4012, S4020 [8MY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S817 [14FE], S1143, S1145, S1146 [26FE], S1390 [1MR]
Computers: improve access to broadband services in rural and under-served areas, S4023 [8MY]
Conservation Reserve Program: establish a per-farm limitation on enrolled land, S413 [6FE]
———establish certain values for payments in different categories of enrolled land, S413 [6FE]
Crime: prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation, S6540 [10JY]
Dart, Justin W., Jr.: tribute (S. Res. 310), S7438 [26JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (S. 2013), S1936 [14MR]
———ensure effectiveness of non-Federal conservation technical assistance programs, S684 [13FE]
———establish equity in distribution of commodity assistance payments, S461, S464, S465, S466 [7FE]
———establish equity in distribution of dairy assistance payments, S677 [13FE]
———expand the value-added agricultural product market development grant program, S4019 [8MY]
———Market Access Program funding, S652 [12FE]
———Missouri farmer eligibility for payments and assistance, S651 [12FE]
———National Animal Disease Laboratory funding, S5135, S5136, S5137 [6JN]
———nutrition programs funding, S4046 [8MY]
———provide emergency disaster assistance and revoke multispecies limited access fishing permits relative to Northeast commercial fisheries failure, S679 [13FE]
———restrict commodity and crop insurance payments to land that has a cropping history, and restore food stamp benefits to certain legal immigrants, S443 [7FE]
———restrict use of Environmental Quality Incentive Program funds for confined livestock feeding operations, S414 [6FE], S625 [12FE]
———Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funding, S4020 [8MY]
———Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program funding, S682 [13FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5839 [20JN]
———Center for Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research war-related illnesses funding, S7723 [31JY]
———extend Arsenal Support Program initiatives, S5839 [20JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7723 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1811 [13MR], S3150, S3152 [23AP], S3290, S3292, S3294 [24AP], S3367, S3408 [25AP]
———revise air conditioner efficiency standards, S3290, S3292 [24AP], S3367 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure that information systems be coordinated across agencies who have border security responsibilities, S11406 [19NO]
———establish (H.R. 5005), S11406 [19NO]
———transfer Plum Island Animal Disease Center from the Dept. of Agriculture, S11406 [19NO]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8246, S8249 [5SE], S8403 [10SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 2766), S9814 [2OC]
———making appropriations (S. 2766), unanimous-consent request, S9814 [2OC], S9894 [3OC], S9938, S9940 [4OC]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (S. 3000), S9135 [24SE]
Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease, S4698 [22MY]
Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (S. 2195), S2954 [18AP]
———expand loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs for teachers and nurses (S. 3008), S9427 [26SE]
———funding, S9814 [2OC], S9938 [4OC]
Employment: dislocated worker assistance programs funding, S7268 [24JY]
FDA: labeling requirements to certify that child labor was not used in harvesting of cocoa beans, S224 [29JA]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (S. 2665), S5865 [20JN]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7195, S7196 [23JY]
Florida: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan funding, S4022 [8MY]
Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend, S3150 [23AP]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, S11526, S11528 [19NO]
———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5568 [14JN]
Iowa Commission on the Status of Women: Iowa Women's Hall of Fame inductees, S8916
Klamath Basin: respond to economic disaster threatening certain farmers and communities resulting from denial of irrigation water for the Klamath Project, S4021, S4022 [8MY]
Krieger, Marcia S.: nomination to be district judge, S115 [25JA]
Mahan, James C.: nomination to be district judge, S115 [25JA]
McConnell, Michael W.: confirmation as circuit judge, S11563 [19NO]
Medicaid: increase Federal matching contributions to State programs, S164 [28JA], S204 [29JA]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7195, S7196 [23JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7195, S7196 [23JY]
———geographically adjust the amount of premiums based on the use of health care items and services in the State in which the beneficiary resides (S. 2605), S5286
———reduce geographic disparities in payment rates, S8246, S8249 [5SE]
Motor vehicles: establish Federal renewable fuels standards, S1811 [13MR]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S3294 [24AP]
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, S11309 [18NO]
National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center: funding, S11710 [20NO]
National Teacher Day: observance, S3952
NATO: recommend integration of Slovenia, S11557-S11559 [19NO]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4664), S11159 [14NO]
———plant genomics research funding, S11159 [14NO]
Optional Protocol to the Convention on Rights of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict: ratification, S5895 [21JN]
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography: ratification, S5895 [21JN]
Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S515, S522 [8FE], S598 [12FE]
———revise livestock production contracts, S407, S411, S417 [6FE]
———study proposal to prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S515, S522 [8FE]
Parliamentary inquiry, S204 [29JA], S443 [7FE], S636 [12FE]
Power resources: encourage production of biobased energy products (S. 1960), S900
———fuel cell power system development, S3150 [23AP]
———national energy policy, S1811 [13MR], S3150, S3152 [23AP], S3290, S3292, S3294 [24AP], S3367, S3408 [25AP]
Senate: tribute to departing Members, S11697 [20NO]
Taxation: provide a tax credit to promote the production of biodiesel, S3150 [23AP]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S164 [28JA], S204 [29JA]
———transfer all excise taxes imposed on alcohol fuels to the Highway Trust Fund, S3152 [23AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S164 [28JA], S204 [29JA]
———treatment of restoration of a historic hotel in Iowa and use for low-income housing, S3408 [25AP]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by members of the uniformed services or Foreign Service and treatment of death gratuity payments to members of the uniformed services (H.R. 5557), S11160 [14NO]
Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (S. 2512), S4390 [15MY]
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4782 [23MY]
———liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims, S5568 [14JN], S11526, S11528 [19NO]
———liquidate certain blocked assets of terrorists and terrorist organizations for the compensation of terrorism victims (S. 2134), S2725
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4762, S4765 [23MY]
———make prevention of the worst forms of child labor a principal trade negotiating objective, S4762, S4765 [23MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S204 [29JA]
Veterans: computation of annuities of surviving spouses of uniformed services members who died entitled to retired or retainer pay but before the Survivor Benefit Plan existed or applied to the members (S. 2632), S5704 [18JN]
Voting: eliminate special treatment of punch card voting systems under voting system standards, S817 [14FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S817 [14FE], S1143, S1145, S1146 [26FE], S1390 [1MR]
———provide funding for protection and advocacy agencies to focus on voting access for persons with disabilities, S1143, S1145, S1146 [26FE], S1390 [1MR]
Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (S. 2328), S3440
Reports filed
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2766) (S. Rept. 107-216), S7164 [22JY]
Nomination of Thomas C. Dorr To Be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S7898 [1AU]
Nomination of Thomas C. Dorr to the CCC Board of Directors: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), S7898 [1AU]
Statements
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: Ann M. Veneman, Sec. of Agriculture, S3910 [7MY]
———President Bush, S3910 [7MY]
Use of Child Labor in Harvesting of Cocoa Beans: Several Cocoa and Chocolate Industry Organizations, S227 [29JA]
Tables
Comparison of State Federal Medicaid assistance percentages and temporary health assistance under several economic stimulus proposals, S205 [29JA]
Texts of
S. 1960, Biobased Energy Incentive Act, S901
S. 2134, Terrorism Victim's Access to Compensation Act, S2726
S. 2195, Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act, S2954 [18AP]
S. 2512, Training for Realtime Writers Act, S4390 [15MY]
S. 2632, Forgotten Widows' Benefit Equity Act, S5705 [18JN]
Tributes
Christenson, Jamie, S9110
Dart, Justin W., Jr., S5999 [25JN]
Franken, Jolene, S5201
Hurst, Eric, S9110
Koplan, Jeffrey P., S3464
Ogonowski, John, S684 [13FE]
Ryan, Richard M., Jr., S9111
Wellstone, Paul D., S11697 [20NO]
Wellstone, Senator, S3919 [7MY]